HOw To POISONOUS PLANT DO NOT EAT
A few weeks ago, I was mowing and saw this plant springing up in the underbrush on the property. Poisonous Jerusalem Cherry (NOT edible) It was actually in several places around the farm. We were hoping for something we could eat that's growing wild. Maybe a wild pepper of some sort? In fact, when you cut one open, it even looked like the inside of a tomato, seeds and all. Of course, we're not going to take a chance without checking so I did some research online. We found a wonderful website, FORAGING TEXAS , and the owner of the site replied right away when I sent him this picture. We found out this is a poisonous member of the Nightshade family called "Jerusalem Cherry". It makes a pretty plant with these big red fruit all over but as he warned, DO NOT EAT IT AND DON'T LET ANIMALS EAT IT EITHER. So I went around everywhere I could find it and pulled it all up and safely disposed of the plants. Side no...